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Nitty Grity Dirt Band from a trade ad November 1976

Classic Clips: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Mr. Bojangles” – 1970

March 6, 2026 Paul Kerr 3

Over a lengthy career, only now drawing to a close, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band are assured of one thing, that their groundbreaking 1972 triple album, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, is their eternal claim to […]

Chris Whitley from a 1990s benefit concert in New York City

Classic Clips: Chris Whitley “Big Sky Country” – Live At Les Nuis L’Emission, 29th February 1992

February 20, 2026 Paul Russell 1

Once first heard, it’s never forgotten. Chris Whitley’s astonishing 1991 debut album ‘Living With The Law‘ was like nothing we’d heard for a long, long time. At a time of pretty bland music coming form the […]

Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017

February 13, 2026 Jonathan Aird 1

Tom Russell is one of the great Americana troubadours with a back-catalogue that goes yay far, all the way back to 1976 and numbering 29 studio albums. This song is from the 2017’s “Folk Hotel” and […]

Classic Clips: Blaze Foley “Clay Pigeons”

February 6, 2026 Jonathan Smith 4

OK, the internet as a whole is … not without its problems. BUT what a treasury it offers for the obscure, and especially YouTube, where anyone can post up anything that they happen across, and there’s […]

Classic Clips: Jeff Buckley “Grace” – Live at MTV New York for 120 Minutes, 1995

January 30, 2026 Helen Jones 0

On the 31st December 2025, MTV UK played their final music video. In MTV Music’s case, that video was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ by The Buggles, which was, fittingly, also the first ever music video […]

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Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

April 14, 2026 0

Merseyside’s Ian Prowse has announced his brand-new album, No Names, will be released on 3rd July 2026 via Learpholl Music. Featuring special guests Elvis Costello, Steve Wickham, Damien Dempsey and Prowse’s 14-year-old daughter Rosalita, No Names […]

Tenderness “True”

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Tenderness’s debut is a sweet blend of the musical and emotional themes of love and loss. Tenderness is the nom de scene for the solo project of Katy Beth Young, formerly and maybe currently of Peggy […]

Bluegrass Briefs: Unspoken Tradition, Square Peg, Big Richard, New Valley String Band

April 14, 2026 0

It’s been a while since we had a set of Bluegrass albums to review, which is a shame, as it’s a genre with a lot to offer. There are the traditionalists who keep very much to […]

Classic Clips: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Mr. Bojangles” – 1970

Classic Clips: Chris Whitley “Big Sky Country” – Live At Les Nuis L’Emission, 29th February 1992

Classic Clips: Tom Russell “The Last Time I Saw Hank” – Knuckleheads Saloon, Kansas City, 16th September 2017

Classic Clips: Blaze Foley “Clay Pigeons”

Classic Clips: Jeff Buckley “Grace” – Live at MTV New York for 120 Minutes, 1995

Ian Prowse announces 12th album and extensive tour dates

Tenderness “True”

Bluegrass Briefs: Unspoken Tradition, Square Peg, Big Richard, New Valley String Band

Ruth Eliza “While The Light Shines”

Ardentjohn “Hey Boy” – doing all right in the sunshine